Uchiha: Starting as Tobirama's Jinchuriki

Kaguya's view of mortals remained unchanged—"Most of them are useless nobody..."

But there was still an added touch of respect for the technique.

"Qingshui... he's probably going to take me to see how respected he is in this village, right?"

Kaguya thought to herself, "Is he trying to tell me not to be too sad about those two rebellious sons? There is still trust in this ninja world..."

Maintain this mindset.

Aokiji brought Kaguya to the residence of the Uchiha clan head.

That is, the home of Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.

With the aid of multiple invisibility illusions and the mayfly technique, Qing Shui walked as if on flat ground, entering the inner room as if no one else was there.

And here it is.

Itachi Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha sat facing each other.

A hint of surprise flashed in Kaguya's eyes. She remembered this boy with tear troughs under his eyes who had enthusiastically demonstrated his proficient Three Body Technique to Aoshui and even praised her as a genius.

"I understand. This is Qingshui's family. He wants me to experience the warmth of a clan..." Kaguya thought to herself.

Qingshui sat casually to one side.

Not far from him, Fugaku and Itachi Uchiha, unable to see him at all, began a serious conversation between father and son.

"Father..."

Uchiha Itachi looked at his father and said in a low voice, "Why...why do you always say that I am exceptionally talented? And that I bear the heavy responsibility of the clan and the ninja world on my shoulders?"

"I don't understand, there's already a Lord Qingshui in the clan..." Itachi Uchiha hesitated before speaking.

The ideas that Fugaku Uchiha had instilled in Itachi Uchiha gave him the illusion that he was going to fight Aokiji in a tournament.

Let's not even talk about how old he is.

Qingshui's strength was terrifying, as he had witnessed it firsthand, and his care for his family and village was also widely recognized.

In this situation, why did Fugaku Uchiha still harbor unrealistic fantasies?

If this man hadn't been his father, Itachi Uchiha would have bluntly questioned him—"Where do you get your confidence?!"

Especially today.

Itachi Uchiha, who was fairly confident in his own talent, witnessed Aokiji portraying Itachi Uchiha, who, in an extremely short time, went from being unable to orderly gather chakra to instantly displaying perfect ninjutsu techniques…

The arrogance I once had has quietly dissipated.

An ordinary, unknown member of the Uchiha clan is far stronger than him!

He was just an ordinary person.

"Itachi, the moment you were born, my eyes saw your future..."

Mysterious patterns slowly appeared in Fugaku Uchiha's eyes, and a cold, sinister aura filled the hut.

“I understand your confusion. You witnessed Uchiha Aokiji’s terrifying performance on the battlefield and lost confidence in yourself.”

Fugaku Uchiha sneered and said in a deep voice, "But do you know? Aoisui Uchiha is our family's enemy! My Mangekyou Sharingan was awakened because of him!"

Itachi Uchiha's heart skipped a beat.

Is Qingshui their family's enemy?

Do not make jokes!

In Itachi Uchiha's little brain, the most deeply ingrained and unforgettable sentence, imprinted in his very bones, was what Aokiji said before he single-handedly leaped into the ranks of tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces soldiers—

“Everything is created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay heaven with!”

The most unforgettable scene was when Aozumi used various taijutsu and ninjutsu to slaughter the enemy that day, blasted a mushroom cloud with a Tailed Beast Ball, and casually killed several Jinchuriki, ultimately bestowing upon the Third Raikage, Hanzo, and Onoki the title of "the three surviving Sannin".

In a sense, Itachi Uchiha could describe himself as someone who "grew up watching Aokiji kill people..."

Therefore, due to his bloodline and the human tendency to admire the strong, Itachi Uchiha naturally held a strong sense of awe towards Aokiji.

Before returning to Konoha…

Itachi Uchiha felt incredibly fortunate that the village had Aoshui! And that he was from the Uchiha clan…

After returning to Konoha…

When Fugaku Uchiha started talking about surpassing Aokiji, Itachi Uchiha's mindset started to go wrong—"Me? Surpass Lord Aokiji?"

Inside that room, Fugaku Uchiha's words completely shattered his son's psychological defenses.

Haha, so Qingshui is our family's enemy?

"An enemy!? Why would they be an enemy..."

Uchiha Itachi's eyes widened in horror. His Sharingan, which had awakened after witnessing Aokiji's massacre of the enemy, involuntarily surfaced at that moment, and the dark tomoe spun frantically.

"It's the enemy, Itachi!"

Fugaku Uchiha snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Stabilize your stance. How will you accomplish anything great if you continue like this?"

However, Itachi Uchiha was already in a state of extreme panic, and Fugaku's reprimands had no effect whatsoever.

If it's an enemy...

In the hearts of Itachi Uchiha, or rather, a large portion of the Konoha ninja, Aoshui was as fierce as the winter wind to enemies, but as gentle as the spring breeze to his own people.

We haven't even had a chance to enjoy the sense of security that Qingshui brings yet...

Uchiha Itachi had already fallen from heaven to hell!

"Itachi, our lineage is the true, legitimate line of the Uchiha clan's head..."

Fugaku Uchiha slammed his fist on the table, making a loud noise, and said sharply, "How do you think I got my Mangekyou Sharingan?!"

“That Uchiha Aokiji guy never took me, the clan leader, seriously from the very beginning! Without a sound, he won over all my relatives and friends, completely sidelining me as the clan leader, and didn’t even give me a chance to make a bid!”

"Am I just supposed to sit here and wait to die, watching him take everything I have, and become a waddling, begging person who surrenders?!"

Fugaku Uchiha's eyes turned red.

He recalled the scene when Uchiha Yakumi—his closest friend—ruthlessly severed ties with him.

It was also at that time, with the departure of Uchiha Yakumi, that Uchiha Fugaku obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan…

"I hate this situation, but I don't know how to change it! In the midst of this struggle, pain, and helplessness, I awakened a pupil technique that allows me to see the future, named Suhitochi!"

The patterns in Fugaku Uchiha's eyes spun wildly. He opened his arms and said sharply:

"Even before the Third Shinobi World War, I knew that Uchiha Aokizu would perish... And Itachi, you will be the one who, amidst blood and fire, raises the banner of the Uchiha and the shinobi world!"

Itachi Uchiha was filled with surprise and doubt.

He seemed to understand why Fugaku Uchiha had been acting strangely earlier…

"I admit, Uchiha Aokiji's power even gave me the illusion that the Mangekyou Sharingan could malfunction!" Uchiha Fugaku sighed to himself, rubbing his forehead.

"However, the Mangekyou Sharingan is absolutely infallible... I thought he would die in the Fourth Shinobi World War, but he didn't. Instead, he wiped out the enemy and became a legendary shinobi..."

"But so what?"

Fugaku Uchiha chuckled maliciously: "He still fell! Do you know why, Itachi…"

Uchiha Itachi shook his head blankly.

How could the mighty Lord Qingshui have fallen?

"You already know about the riot that happened in the clan's territory a few days ago..."

Fugaku Uchiha slowly said, "I went with them and saw from afar that the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, had been resurrected! He even awakened a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan. And since the war ended, Aokiji Uchiha has still not returned..."

"Why is Uchiha Aokiji's talent so amazing? He was able to master Tobirama Senju's Water Release techniques during his time at the Ninja Academy, and later he was so proficient in research and development. At such a young age, he was also skilled in political maneuvering, which made me feel suffocated..."

"These mysteries that I couldn't understand have finally been solved..."

"That is—Uchiha Aokizumi was a tool used by Senju Tobirama to possess a body!"

Uchiha Itachi's pupils dilated in shock, his mouth involuntarily opened, and he denied it in disbelief, saying, "How is this possible!"

"Today at the Ninja Academy... Jonin Asuma also told the story of Lord Aozumi's Will of Fire..."

Uchiha Fugaku sneered:

"Of course... He gave his life for the Second Hokage, isn't that enough to show the Will of Fire? Itachi, do you think that Tobirama Senju's actions in causing Uchiha Aosui's death would lead Konoha to give him the cold shoulder and keep quiet about Aosui's name?"

"No, they will only place Uchiha Aokiji on a high altar and sing his praises. He is already dead and no longer poses a real threat to their power. What is the point of his fame?"

"This is the political maneuvering of the Second Hokage. If it were the old Shimura Danzo, he might have actually done something foolish like banning the story of Uchiha Aomizu, but this one is completely different..."

Fugaku Uchiha said to himself:

"You can make up any story and cover it up... For example, Uchiha Aoisui used a forbidden technique that cost him his life to fight against the Allied Shinobi Forces, and died young..."

"Find a suitable opportunity, such as instigating a ninja world war under the pretext that the village needs external assistance, and use techniques like the Impure World Reincarnation as an excuse, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, can appear in the public eye openly!"

"Itachi, there is no such thing as a Will of Fire in this world; there are only different interests and groups..."

"Do you know what would have happened to our family if Uchiha Aoisui hadn't died?" Uchiha Fugaku stared intently at Itachi, his terrifying pupils locked onto him, and said maniacally:

"The Uchiha clan is one that kills each other! The stronger the Uchiha, the more likely they are to do this..."

"During the Warring States period, because of the powerful Izanagi technique, the Uchiha who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan could not suppress their greed and wantonly attacked the three-tomoe clan members, plundering their Sharingan!"

"Uchiha Madara, the Asura of the Ninja World, do you think he got his Mangekyou Sharingan that can't go blind? He stole his younger brother Uchiha Izuna's eyes, which ultimately gave birth to the power of hatred that will never fade!"

Fugaku Uchiha whispered like a demon, "You may have heard of Obito Uchiha... the genius who was the first in history to awaken the three-tomoe Sharingan. Do you know what the former hawkish clan elder, Setsuna Uchiha, wanted to do to him?"

"He had a lover named Uchiha Rin, a beautiful young girl..."

"That fleeting, sinister look in his eyes told me he wanted to use this little girl as a tool for Obito Uchiha to achieve the Mangekyou Sharingan. Do you understand what I mean? My son…"

"After hearing these stories, what do you think would have happened to Uchiha Aozumi, who was possibly the strongest Uchiha in history? If Tobirama Senju hadn't eliminated him, our family, who were once his enemies..."

"How would an Uchiha of his strength deal with me, you, and your mother?"

Itachi Uchiha's mind went completely blank.

Fugaku Uchiha gave him an overwhelming amount of information, mostly about the clan's dark history...

This shattered Itachi Uchiha's worldview, which hadn't even fully formed before he had a sense of belonging to the Will of Fire and his clan.

And on the other side.